by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Image Matters Shortens Corporate Ladder Climb
Kathryn Lowell of Image Matters in Bentonville helps executives climb the corporate ladder through her teachings.
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by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Employee Feedback Makes For Healthy Morale at Mercy
Mercy Health System of Northwest Arkansas has listened to its 1,400 employees to find the best ways to build morale.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Central States’ ESOP One Key to Success
Thirty-seven percent of Lowell-based Central States Manufacturing Inc., is employee owned.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Slim’s Trio Takes Flight Partners Set To Franchise
Fayetteville restaurant Slim Chicken’s is now offering franchise opportunities. The owners are also planning for more company-owned stores, as well as a forthcoming line of their sauces for retail sale.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Lien Filings to Rise as NW Market Cools
With the real estate market in Northwest Arkansas cooling, lawyers have told us to expect plenty of lien filings in the next few months.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Barber Builds Bellafont
Now that condos are selling at The Legacy Building in Fayetteville and the Divinity Hotel project is dead, The Barber Group is trying to move full speed ahead and complete The Bellafont on Joyce Boulevard.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
NW Housing Market Hits Bankruptcy Bumps
Several bankruptcies filed in northwest Arkansas recently suggest some trouble for the housing and construction market there.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Betting on Hog Futures
The chance of John David Terry’s e-mail-gate lawsuit against the University of Arkansas ever seeing trial is a long shot at best. The Hogs’ chances of winning the Bowl Championships Series national title are a little better.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
The Region’s Largest Employers, Private Companies
The lists of the region’s largest employers and public companies.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Garden Park Trades Hands (Real Deals)
Steve Mansfield and three investors paid $8 million for an existing apartment complex in Fayetteville and Bill Schywhart and Robert Thornton recently paid Ball Properties LLC $2.55 million for a car dealership and surrounding property in Rogers.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Perception Tramples Upscale Efforts (Karrh On Marketing)
One of my favorite Web spots, James Taranto’s “Best of the Web,” available from OpinionJournal.com, features a compilation called “Bottom Stories of the Day,” which highlights charmingly ridiculous headlines.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
KATV Withdraws Inman; UA Names Barrett The ‘Voice’
KATV-TV, Channel 7, on June 26 withdrew news anchor Scott Inman as a candidate for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks play-by-play announcer role, just as a statement from the UA announced Chuck Barrett for the post.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Cain Corrals Financial Gig
One of the most respected sports scribes in the state, Scott Cain, is joining Banc of America’s Investment Services division in Rogers as a financial adviser.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Springdale Book Nearly Sold Out
If you haven’t purchased a copy of “Year of the Dog,” you better hurry because supplies are running short.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Hawgs Hires Henning As Chief Photographer
Marc Henning, staff photographer for The Morning News of Springdale, has been hired by Hawgs Illustrated as the magazine’s chief photographer.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
LR Firm Attempts To Lead Lawsuit
A Little Rock law firm is angling to be part of the leadership team in the potential class action lawsuit against Canadian pet food manufacturer Menu Foods Inc.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
CSA Receives Warm Response in China
Cameron Smith of Cameron Smith & Associates in Rogers is back from a whirlwind trip to China where he and his team hosted 200 to 300 companies at a conference on the benefits of doing business in Northwest Arkansas with Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
GMR Helps Patients Save
Joe Bender believes the cost of health care in the United States is out of control. That’s why he started his own company to help patients wanting to save money on expensive medical procedures.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
O.K. Industries Inc., Wal-Mart Top Lists
O.K. Industries Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. top this year’s Northwest Arkansas Business Journal lists of the area’s largest private companies and employers, respectively.
by - July 2, 2007 12:00 am
Stock Options Drive CEO Pay (Editorial)
It seems as though every year about this time the media come out with a rash of stories of excessive pay for CEOs and no one knows better than we do the enduring curiosity about other people’s money.